Description
The Emu was first sighted on 21st January 1788 by surgeon Arthur Bowes, in Port Jackson and described and drawn in his diary on the transport ship Lady Penrhyn. His diary entry describes his observations The animals we saw during our stay in New Holland……-a bird of a new genus, as large and high as a Ostrich.
Modern binomial name Dromaius novaehollandiae
First described Latham 1790
Distribution Australia wide (not including Tasmania)
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds 2nd ed 1986 Page p.45, ill. pp. 44 & 45
